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Environmentalists urge Tour de France to end 'avalanche of plastic'
PARIS (Reuters) - The corporate "caravan" that motors across valleys and mountains ahead of the cyclists competing in the Tour de France has been a crowd-pleaser for decades, but ecologists want organisers to put an end to the avalanche of plastic it generates.
Cameroon soccer star Milla tackles plastic flooding menace
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) - Roger Milla, who shot to worldwide fame for his World Cup goal celebrations, is now tackling flooding with a scheme to turn plastic blocking Cameroon's drains into building blocks.
Tokyo 2020 podiums to be made of recycled plastic
TOKYO (Reuters) - Medallists at next year's Summer Olympics will stand on podiums made from recycled plastic waste collected from local households or the ocean, Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Tuesday.
Inter Milan’s main problem is the plastic pitch and not Moscow security
MOSCOW: Jose Mourinho believes that CSKA Moscow's plastic pitch poses as much danger to Inter Milan's Champions League as concerns over the tense security situation in the Moscow capital.
World Cup shirts to be made of old plastic bottles
LONDON: Many of the world's top soccer players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, will be wearing shirts made of old plastic bottles at the World Cup in South Africa.
Smith let off over plastic bottle attack
Leeds United striker Alan Smith appears to have escaped prosecution for throwing a plastic bottle at fans during an English Premier League match against Manchester United.
'Plastic Brits' claim gold and silver
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two 'Plastic Brits' won gold and silver for Britain as Yamile Aldama and Tiffany Porter claimed medals for the country at the world indoor championships on Saturday.
'Plastic Brits' claim gold and silver
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two 'Plastic Brits' won gold and silver for Britain as Yamile Aldama and Tiffany Porter claimed medals for the country at the world indoor championships on Saturday.
Plastic bag brings Sirotkin's debut to an early end
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A discarded plastic bag was blamed as the likely culprit for causing Russian rookie Sergey Sirotkin to retire four laps into his Formula One debut with Williams in Australia on Sunday.
Messi meets Afghan boy famed for plastic bag shirt
DOHA (Reuters) - A six-year-old Afghan boy, who shot to Internet fame this year by sporting a Lionel Messi shirt made out of a plastic bag, fulfilled his dreams on Tuesday by meeting the Argentine soccer great.
